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Safari 5.1 ignores .pac file

I've just upgraded to Lion, however, it appears Safari is ignoring the .pac file I've been and was using to configure the proxy settings. Chrome obeys the file and routes properly. It almost looks like it's skipping the FindProxyForURL function.


Is anybody else experiencing this?


Does anybody have a fix?


Thanks

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 8:08 AM

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Jul 25, 2011 4:50 AM in response to SpaceAge

Because of the way Lion's sandboxing mechanism works, having a locally-stored .pac file will not work. Store your .pac on a local server and enter it's address as "http://www.server.com/mypacfile.pac" and it'll work. Credit goes to user FreeWizard, as they posted this solution in the following thread:


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3202499?answerId=15729635022#15729635022

Safari 5.1 ignores .pac file

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